CV
Education
2025–present
MFA, Film and Video Production, University of Iowa, Iowa City
2021–2022
Cinema Program Diploma, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires
2011–2014
BA, Social Communication (Print Journalism), Universidad Rafael Belloso Chacín, Maracaibo
Films
2023
2025
Awards and honors
2026
ICDOCS Juror’s Award, Iowa City International Documentary Film Festival (Los Conjurados)
2026
Mención de Honor, Sección Cuadro x Cuadro, Habitar el Cine (Los Conjurados)
2024
Selected, Locarno Open Doors, Locarno Film Festival
2022
Special Mention, Premio Diego Rísquez Cine de Autor (Aforismos del Lago)
2021
Best Editing, Best Camera and Best Documentary, Festival del Cine Venezolano (Aforismos del Lago)
Fellowships and scholarships
Aug 2025–May 2026
Iowa Arts Fellowship, University of Iowa (first year)
Aug 2026–May 2028
Teaching Assistantship, University of Iowa (second and third year)
50% scholarship, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella
Full scholarship, Universidad Rafael Belloso Chacín
Research
2027
A voice, imageless: Reusing an unclaimed copy of ‘Pozo Muerto’, Counter-Archival Film Seminar
2025
My Country Secretly Ruminates on the Water of Disasters, research paper and experimental short film, Digital Dust Film Seminar, University of Iowa
Experience
2021–present
Co-Founder and Filmmaker, El Fantasma Films
2026
Cinematographer, How those who were sent away wept and made a plan, dir. Johanna Tesfaye (in post-production)
Feb–Sep 2026
Editor and Co-Producer, Cuba huía de mí, dir. Johan Gotera (premieres 2027)
2016–2018
2nd Assistant Director and Script Supervisor, El Destetado, dir. Héctor Silva Núñez
2017
Founder and Programmer, Fronteras, first international short film showcase in Maracaibo
2015–2020
Film critic and cultural writer, Desistfilm, GuideDoc and others
Teaching
Aug 2026–May 2028
Teaching Assistant, Modes of Film and Video Production, University of Iowa
May–Jul 2026
Instructor, Smartphone Filmmaking, University of Iowa